Improvement in ring-blanks for swine



W. D BROWN. Ring-Blank for Swine.

No. 205,996. Pat entedlulyl6,l878.

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WILLIAM D. BROWN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO CHAMBERS, BERING & QUINLAN, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN RlNG-BLANKS FOR SWINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,996, lflhil July 1", 1 7 pp cati n d April 29, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM 1). BROWN, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Ring-Blank for Ringing Swine, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to rings used in the snonts of swine.

The object of my invention is to construct a ring so that when one end passes through the flesh and gristle of a hogs nose the other end will remain stationary, and the end that passes through the snout will make a tight joint with the other end outside of the flesh, and both ends have a form that will prevent the joint from working inside of the wound.

My invention consists of the form and construction of the ring-blank, as will be hereinafter set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings my invention is illustrated by two figures, of which Figure 1 represents the blank in its proper form to be inserted in the jaws of a ringinginstrument; and Fig. 2 represents the ring closed, as it would appear after passin g through the snout of a hog.

The ring-blank is made with a form like that shown in Fig. l, the part d being perfectly straight and beveled at the extreme end 01 The part d is curved, and the end 61 for a short distance is straight, and also provided with a beveled end, d", as shown. The ringblank G is inserted in the jaws of an instrument that will hold the point d and straight part d, and prevent them from slipping. The curved part al must fit in a curved jaw, so

that when the instrument is closed the point at will be forced forward and downward as the curved part d is forced along the curved jaw of the instrument, and thus the point d is thrust through the flesh and gristle of the nose in a curved manner, while the point d remains at rest in the lower jaw until it comes in contact with the stationary point d, where they are firmly pressed or squeezed together, leaving the curved part d in the wound, and the joint outside of the wound, with two straight parts, (1 (1 Fig. 2, at each side of the joint to prevent the joint from working inside of the wound.

I am aware that various forms of rings have been used before, some of which close outside of the flesh and others inside of the nose, and to the form of ring-blanks shown in such devices I make no broad claim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The ring-blank G, having two straight sides, d d", with beveled ends d d, and a curved part, (1', formed near the short straight end d adapted to be bent and form a ringwith two short straight sides, d d and a curved part, 61, and form a joint at the extreme ends of the straight parts, in the manner and for the purpose set forth and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM D. BROWN.

\Vitnesses E. O. FRINK, S. O. FRINK. 

